Grits & Gravy

Grits & Gravy
Studio album by Eric Kloss
Released	1967
Recorded	December 21 & 22, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7486
Producer	Cal Lampley
Eric Kloss chronology
Love and All That Jazz (1966)Love and All That Jazz1966 Grits & Gravy (1966) First Class Kloss! (1967)First Class Kloss!1967

Grits & Gravy is the third album by saxophonist Eric Kloss which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Eric Kloss' third recording features the soulful yet adventurous altoist in two different settings".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eric Kloss except as indicated

1. "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Luiz Bonfá, Carl Sigman) - 3:34
2. "Repeat" (Denny Zeitlin) - 3:11
3. "Slow Hot Wind" (Norman Gimbel, Henry Mancini) - 3:02
4. "Gentle One" - 4:01
5. "Grits and Gravy" (Ed Bland) - 2:38
6. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 5:06
7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:05
8. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 10:20

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and December 22 (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), 1966

Personnel

• Eric Kloss - alto saxophone
• Danny Bank - soprano saxophone, flute, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Teddy Charles - vibraphone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Jaki Byard (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Ronald Williams (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - piano
• Billy Butler - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Ronnie Boykins (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - bass
• Alan Dawson (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Robert J. Gregg (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - drums
• Ed Bland - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

References